The study considers Japanese mail as a cultural system, visual documentation of the country’s history. The story is based on visually rich points in the way of writing: archival photos, maps, printed attributes, employee and transport images, and office architecture. The publication reveals the route of the letter — from creation by the sender to receipt by the addressee — and shows how the mail has become an axis of political, economic and cultural life, an important part of Japan’s identity.
How to Ascertain the Data (or Time Period) of Prewar Japan Postcards // Lafayette College. East Asia Programme. 2014. 4 Sept. URL: https://sites.lafayette.edu/eastasia/2014/09/04/how-to-ascertain-the-date-or-time-period-of-a-japanese-postcard/ (date of address: 03.12.2025).
